ok, I found the similarities between all the items which do not launch: the exec command for them contains arguments. Example: firefox %u. I'm going to look at the script but I bet it tries to literally launch "firefox %u" instead of discarding or evaluating the variable. It should be easy enough to fix.

It is the same for me.
Another thing, the 3 open office icons don't launch (in All applications or Office).
What about translation of the topics? How can we do?
And a last thing I detected: when you click on search, the result comes UNDER the Bianca Menu and do not come over when you click on it. At second in bianca Menu it is going to favourite and stay there

Wow! Even the Sheik of Uranya doesn't have so many in his harem. I would suggest he joins the Mint community.

But seriously, after I got rid of most of them, removing one at a time from right to left, as you suggested, my bottom panel is now clean. But damn it, I can't minimize anything to the panel any longer. When I click on the minimize sign of a window, poof! it disappears; perhaps to another dimension! The fourth dimension?
EDIT
I found a way to get windows to minimize from the Ubuntu forums: Add to panel Windows List

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historyb: the quit funtion works for me. Can somebody else see if it works?
tiptup300: check gconf-editor and look at /apps/mintMenu.. double click on plugins_list.. from there you can remove "recent".